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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
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Demerara - not yet traced in the compensation records |
Estate Information (2) |
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1798
[Name] Strik & Heuvel
[Crop] Sugar Strik [sic]& Heuvel, shown as plantation no. 39 under the subheading 'A la cote occidentale de Demerarie', proprietaire F.C. Loucke, 500 carreaux, S[ugar]
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot) 54(F) 75(M)
[Name] Strick en Heuvel A. M. Meertens proprietor
T71/397 S4 1770
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Strick en Heuvel [ British Guiana | Demerara ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/8090 [accessed 5th February 2025].
